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anguished (adj.)

late 14c., "full of anguish," past-participle adjective from anguish (v.). From c. 1800 as "expressing anguish."

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anguish (v.)
mid-14c., angwisshen, intransitive and reflexive ("be troubled or distressed; feel agony") and transitive ("cause grief, distress,or torment"); from Old French angoissier (12c., Modern French angoisser), from angoisse "distress, anxiety, rage" (see anguish (n.)). Related: Anguished; anguishing.

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Definitions of anguished

anguished (adj.)
experiencing intense pain especially mental pain;
an anguished conscience
Synonyms: tormented / tortured
From wordnet.princeton.edu

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